Palmer Mountain

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180451
MRDS ID M056766
MAS/MILS ID 0530470191
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer Mountain
Alternate or previous names Palmer Mountain Tunnel
Related records 10098471

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.62947, 48.82484 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loomis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038 N 025 E 01 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.62947, 48.82484

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yamana Resources
    Home office Washington
    Year 1997

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH.BULL.37-2,P.146;MIN. QTZ.VNS.IN DIORITE AND GRNSTN., SM

  • Deposit

    VNS. CONTAIN CALCITE;ASSAYS VAR. BUT TYPICALLY GOOD; LAST P

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN;

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-FEB-97 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.